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Sinucostidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4867668https://www.gbif.org/species/4867668
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)126871https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=126871
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Sinucostidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySpiriferinoideaDavidson 1884
familySinucostidaeXu and Liu 1983
Scientific NameSinucostidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sinucostidaefamilybelongs to Spiriferinoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)25
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Motilitystationary (based on Spiriferinida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Spiriferinida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, PG Baker, JL Carter, GB Curry, AS Dagys, R. Gourvennec, HF Hou, YG Jin, JG Johnson, DE Lee, DI MacKinnon, PR Racheboeuf, TN Smirnova, DL Sun. 2006. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5:1689-2320

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sinucostinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)104247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic
Mentzeliopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
27242 Ma
Middle Triassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic
Qispiriferina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Sinucosta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
76247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Sinucostidae Xu and Liu
2006Sinucostidae Williams et al. p. 1936
2016Sinucostidae He and Chen p. 976

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320
He W. H., Chen Z. Q. (2016) Taxonomy, in A new genus Liaous of early Anisian Stage (Middle Triassic) brachiopods from southwestern China: systematics, reassessment of classification of the Spiriferinioidea, community paleoecology, and paleoenvironmental implications, Journal of Paleontology 89, 966-979
The Paleobiology Database (2010 version). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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